Volume 36, No. 3
Newsletter Archive
Greenest Restaurant in Nation
Not only was a Chicago restaurant just named the greenest eatery in the United States, but its second Chicago location managed to snag the number two spot in the Green Restaurant Association's review of hundreds of certified members.
Uncommon Ground...
USDA Defines Food Deserts
Food deserts are defined as parts of the country vapid of fresh fruit, vegetables, and other healthful whole foods, usually found in impoverished areas. This is largely due to a lack of grocery stores, farmers’ markets, and healthy food...
Win for Organic Farm
Does anyone remember the case of Percy Schmeiser, a Canadian farmer who was sued by Monsanto after the company's Roundup Ready canola had drifted onto his farm without him knowing about or wanting it? A new case in Minnesota could be just the...
GMO not Wanted
Belize, a small Carribean country is joining many other countries saying no to GMO crops.
Eighty-five percent (85%) of respondents to Amandala’s online poll say that Belizean authorities should NOT permit the cultivation of...
Omega-3 for Depression
A meta-analysis of the Omega-3 fatty acid EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) as therapeutic supplement for major depression followed the above study online September 6 in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.1 The investigators noted prior data suggesting...
Study Suggests Diabetes Cure
A new study has transformed thinking on type 2 diabetes by reporting that an extreme low calorie diet could reverse the condition in just eight weeks.
The research, published in the journal Diabetologia, reports that a low calorie diet of 600...
Boosting International Organic Trade
Canada and the European Union have reached an agreement on equivalency of organic products, in a move expected to significantly boost organic food trade between the two markets.
Canada introduced its Canada Organic Biologique logo just two years ago...
More Candy = Thinner Kids?
Children and adolescents who eat candy tend to weigh less than their non-consuming counterparts, according to a new study sponsored by the USDA [funding also received from the National Confectioners Association], published in Food & Nutrition...
GMO Ties to Animal Disease
COL (Retired) Don M. Huber, a former Emeritus Professor at Purdue University sent a letter to the USDA warning of a new pathogen, unknown to science, "...that appears to significantly impact the health of plants, animals, and probably human...
Johnson & Johnson Bribery Fine
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Johnson and Johnson (J&J) with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by bribing public doctors in several European countries and paying kickbacks to Iraq to illegally obtain...
Like a Virgin?
Extra virgin, light, with lemon, unfiltered, cold-pressed: the variety of olive oil on most supermarket shelves is dazzling. But what does it all mean?
These terms might be common currency among foodies and the farmer's market crowd, but they have...
Rice Malt Shows Potential for Gluten-Free Beer
Malted rice could offer formulators a new weapon in their gluten-free arsenal after tests showed the potential to product the ingredient at the pilot scale, Italian researchers report.
Elena Ceppi and Oreste Brenna from the University of Milan...
Gorgeous Legume
Crimson, a new cranberry dry bean cultivar, is now available for production in the form of foundation seed that could give rise to a new bumper crop of the colorful legume for 2010.
Crimson was developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS, the...
Kids in Pilot Program
Summertime is an especially difficult time for children in low-income households. Without subsidized school lunches providing five meals a week, the household food budget increases. For families with limited and fixed incomes, this most...
EPA Screens 1,000 Chemicals
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ToxCast screening program has entered a new phase, screening 1,000 chemicals for potential toxicity to people and the environment. ToxCast is designed to determine how chemical exposures impact...
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